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The non-canonical poly(A) polymerase FAM46C acts as an onco-suppressor in multiple myeloma.

ABSTRACT: FAM46C is one of the most frequently mutated genes in multiple myeloma. Here, using a combination of in vitro and in vivo approaches, we demonstrate that FAM46C encodes an active non-canonical poly(A) polymerase which enhances mRNA stability and gene expression. Reintroduction of active FAM46C into multiple myeloma cell lines, but not its catalytically-inactive mutant, leads to broad polyadenylation and stabilization of mRNAs strongly enriched with those encoding endoplasmic reticulum-targeted proteins and induces cell death. Moreover, silencing of FAM46C in multiple myeloma cells expressing WT protein enhance cell proliferation. Finally, using a FAM46C-FLAG knock-in mouse strain, we show that the FAM46C protein is strongly induced during activation of primary splenocytes and that B lymphocytes isolated from newly generated FAM46C KO mice proliferate faster than those isolated from their WT littermates. Concluding, our data clearly indicate that FAM46C works as an onco-suppressor, with the specificity for B-lymphocyte lineage from which multiple myeloma originates. FAM46C is one of the most frequently mutated genes in multiple myeloma (MM), but its molecular function remains unknown. Here the authors show that FAM46C is a poly(A) polymerase and that loss of function of FAM46C drives multiple myeloma through the destabilisation of ER response transcripts.

SUBMITTER: Mroczek S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5606997 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The non-canonical poly(A) polymerase FAM46C acts as an onco-suppressor in multiple myeloma.

Mroczek Seweryn S Chlebowska Justyna J Kuliński Tomasz M TM Gewartowska Olga O Gruchota Jakub J Cysewski Dominik D Liudkovska Vladyslava V Borsuk Ewa E Nowis Dominika D Dziembowski Andrzej A

Nature communications 20170920 1

FAM46C is one of the most frequently mutated genes in multiple myeloma. Here, using a combination of in vitro and in vivo approaches, we demonstrate that FAM46C encodes an active non-canonical poly(A) polymerase which enhances mRNA stability and gene expression. Reintroduction of active FAM46C into multiple myeloma cell lines, but not its catalytically-inactive mutant, leads to broad polyadenylation and stabilization of mRNAs strongly enriched with those encoding endoplasmic reticulum-targeted p ...[more]

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Project description:BackgroundMultiple myeloma (MM) is a hematologic malignancy characterized by the accumulation of aberrant plasma cells within the bone marrow. The high frequent mutation of family with sequence similarity 46, member C (FAM46C) is closely related with the occurrence and progression of MM. Recently, FAM46C has been identified as a non-canonical poly(A) polymerase (PAP) that functions as a tumor suppressor in MM. This study aimed to elucidate the structural features of this novel non-canonical PAP and how MM-related mutations affect the structural and biochemical properties of FAM46C, eventually advancing our understandings towards FAM46C mutation-related MM occurrence.MethodsWe purified and crystallized a mammalian FAM46C construct, and solved its structure. Next, we characterized the property of FAM46C as a PAP through a combination of structural analysis, site-directed mutagenesis and biochemical assays, and by comparison with its homolog FAM46B. Finally, we structurally analyzed MM-related FAM46C mutations and tested the enzymatic activity of corresponding mutants.ResultsWe determined the crystal structure of a mammalian FAM46C protein at 2.35 Å, and confirmed that FAM46C preferentially consumed adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and extended A-rich RNA substrates. FAM46C showed a weaker PAP activity than its homolog FAM46B, and this difference was largely dependent on the residue variance at particular sites. Of them, residues at positions 77, 290, and 298 of mouse FAM46C were most important for the divergence in enzymatic activity. Among the MM-associated FAM46C mutants, those residing at the catalytic site (D90G and D90H) or putative RNA-binding site (I155L, S156F, D182Y, F184L, Y247V, and M270V) showed abolished or compromised PAP activity of FAM46C, while N72A and S248A did not severely affect the PAP activity. FAM46C mutants D90G, D90H, I155L, S156F, F184L, Y247V, and M270V had significantly lower inhibitory effect on apoptosis of RPMI-8226 cells as compared to wild-type FAM46C.ConclusionsFAM46C is a prokaryotic-like PAP with preference for A-rich RNA substrates, and showed distinct enzymatic efficiency with its homolog FAM46B. The MM-related missense mutations of FAM46C lead to various structural and biochemical outcomes to the protein.

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The non-canonical poly(A) polymerase FAM46C acts as an onco-suppressor in multiple myeloma.

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The non-canonical poly(A) polymerase FAM46C acts as an onco-suppressor in multiple myeloma.

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